Icelandic & Iceland

Laxness (Halldor Kiljan)

Paradisarheimt [Paradise Reclaimed]

First edition in Icelandic, original publisher’s half black morocco, gilt, inscription in Icelandic to front free endpaper, Helgafell, Reykjavik, 1960; Islandsklukkan [Iceland’s Bell], second edition, original publisher’s half black morocco, gilt, inscription in Icelandic to front free endpaper, Helgafell, Reykjavik, 1957 § Jonsson (Einar) Skodanir [Opinions], first edition, original publisher’s quarter Morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, worn at head of spine, Bokfellsutgafan H.F., Reykjavik, 1944 § Konradsson (Helgi) Bertel Thorvaldsen, first edition, illustrated, original publisher’s Morocco, rubbed, worn at head of spine, pOrleifur Gunnarsson, Reykjavik, 1944; and 2 others in Icelandic § [Martin (Keith M.), Jorgensen (Roger M.), Doyel (John S.) Artists, Blazar (Arnold R.) lithographer, [American Soldiers in Iceland], foreword by Cpl. B.Rowe Langston, 16 lithographs mounted on card, housed in red and green paper covered card box with image stuck to lid, [rights of reproduction of drawings Mr. Einar Thorgrimsonn], Lithoprent Rekjavik, n.d.

*** Laxness, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, 1955. Writing novels, poetry, plays, travelogues, etc. Influenced by Freud, Sinclair Lewis, Bertolt Brecht, and Hemingway who he translated.